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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Eat The Future — On Friday, House Republicans unveiled their proposal for immediate cuts in federal spending. Uncharacteristically, they failed to accompany the release with a catchy slogan. So I'd like to propose one: Eat the Future. — I'll explain in a minute.
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David Rogers / The Politico:
The hard choices: President Obama's 2012 budget — Long on tough choices, short on final answers, President Barack Obama's new 2012 budget goes to Congress on Monday in what many hope is only an opening bid before he and Republicans come to the table on a bipartisan deficit reduction plan.
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Right Wing News, Questions and Observations, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog and Politics
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Obama to offer $3.7 trillion budget blueprint; deficit to hit $1.6 trillion this year — President Obama will roll out a $3.7 trillion budget blueprint Monday that would trim or terminate more than 200 federal programs next year and make key investments in education, transportation and research …
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CBS News, New York Times, The New Republic, Online NewsHour and Wonk Room
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Deficit Expected to Spike — WASHINGTON—The White House projected Monday that the federal deficit would spike to $1.65 trillion in the current fiscal year, the largest dollar amount ever, adding pressure on Democrats and Republicans to tackle growing levels of debt.
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NewsBusters.org blogs, The BLT, Moonbattery, Pajamas Media and White House.gov Blog
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obama Budget Pivots From Stimulus to Deficit Cuts — WASHINGTON - President Obama, pivoting at midterm from costly economic stimulus measures to deficit reduction, on Monday released a fiscal year 2012 budget that projects an annual deficit of more than $1 trillion before government shortfalls decline to …
Martin Crutsinger / Associated Press:
Obama unveils $3.73 trillion budget for 2012 — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is sending Congress a $3.73 trillion spending blueprint that pledges $1.1 trillion in deficit savings over the next decade through spending cuts and tax increases. — Obama's new budget projects that the deficit …
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Michelle Malkin, Fox Nation, USA Today, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama's Budget and the Pending Budget Fight
President Obama's Budget and the Pending Budget Fight
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Hit & Run and Right Turn
New York Times:
Word and Lyric, Giffords Labors to Speak Again — PHOENIX — Representative Gabrielle Giffords, an eloquent speaker before she was shot in the head last month, is relearning the skill — progressing from mouthing words and lip syncing songs to talking briefly by telephone to her brother-in-law in space.
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The Moderate Voice, The Politico, Associated Press, ABCNEWS, The Daily Caller, Wonkette, Guardian and Prairie Weather
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Flake to announce Senate run — Rep. Jeff Flake will announce on Monday that he is running for the Senate seat being vacated by Jon Kyl, who said last week that he is retiring and will not seek reelection in 2012. — Flake, who like Kyl is a Republican, is expected to make his announcement …
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David Carr / New York Times:
At Media Companies, a Nation of Serfs — Some of the fizz, if not a great big bubble, seems to have returned to media, depending on how you define “media.” — There have been reports in The New York Times and elsewhere that Facebook is now valued at $50 billion, and The Wall Street Journal reported …
David Gardner / Daily Mail:
‘A weapon of mass destruction was found in the U.S.’: Shock confession of Customs officer — A port official has admitted that a ‘weapon of mass effect’ has been found by ‘partner agencies’ in the U.S., raising major questions over a possible government cover-up.
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JammieWearingFool and The Gateway Pundit
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Housing Crash Is Hitting Cities Once Thought to Be Stable — SEATTLE — Few believed the housing market here would ever collapse. Now they wonder if it will ever stop slumping. — The rolling real estate crash that ravaged Florida and the Southwest is delivering a new wave of distress …
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Angry Bear, Economix, Calculated Risk and FrumForum
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Journalists angry over the commission of journalism — Over the weekend, The Los Angeles' Times James Rainey mocked CNN's Anderson Cooper for repeatedly using the word “lie” to describe the factually false statements of Egyptian leaders. Though Rainey ultimately concluded that …
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The Daily Dish and L.A. Times
Jill Lawrence / Politics Daily:
Would Women Support Newt Gingrich for President? … It's November 2012 and voters have a choice between President Barack Obama and former Speaker Newt Gingrich. Given the gulf between their personal lives, what's a social conservative to do? More to the point, what would moderate and independent women do?
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The Note, Shakesville, Outside the Beltway and ABCNEWS
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
China Surges in Americans' Views of Top World Economy — Leads the U.S. by smaller margin in predictions for global economic leader in 20 years — PRINCETON, NJ - By 52% to 32%, Americans are more likely to name China than the United States as the leading economic power in the world today, with Japan a distant third at 7%.
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Matt Schneider / Mediaite:
Ron Paul To Donald Trump: Don't Criticize Me, How Many Elections Have You Won? — Republican Congressman Ron Paul appeared on CNN this morning to bask in the glory of his CPAC straw poll victory, to share his vision for America, and to respond to Donald Trump's claim last week at CPAC …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and GOP 12
John Marzulli / NY Daily News:
All hail the ‘Blog-Father’: Waiting for trial in 6 murders, ‘Tommy Shots’ takes to Web — Call him the blogging crime boss: Reputed Colombo kingpin Thomas (Tommy Shots) Gioeli has set up a behind-bars blog to portray himself as a good guy - not a wiseguy - and rant about everything …
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Outside the Beltway, Instapundit and The Volokh Conspiracy
Ssumner / TheMoneyIllusion:
The wheel of politics — You've all seen the 4-quadrant diagram used by libertarians; here's a six-sided diagram that I think might be more useful: — Idealistic Progressives — Corrupt Democrats Pragmatic Libertarians
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Modeled Behavior and EconLog
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court watchers: Roberts, Alito no sure bets against health-care mandate — If you are handicapping whether the Supreme Court is going to find the nation's health-care law constitutional, you have a few options. — You can go old school, citing the great arc of decisions that began …
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The New Republic, SCOTUSblog, Politics Daily and New York Times
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Democrats claim political victory from CPAC — Democrats and President Obama gathered the most momentum from this past weekend's gathering of conservative activists, the party claimed Monday. — The Democratic National Committee (DNC) sought to spin the now-concluded Conservative Political …
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Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Iranian Police Fire Tear Gas at Protesters — PARIS — Hundreds of black-clad riot police officers, some in bullet-proof vests, deployed in key locations in central Tehran on Monday and fired tear gas to thwart an Iranian opposition march in solidarity with the uprising in Egypt, news reports and witnesses' accounts from Iran said.
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